Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A nation under our feet A nation under our feet Steven Hahn This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people-an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural Afr… OL15838669W
Black Against Empire Black Against Empire Waldo E. Martin,Joshua Bloom,Ron Butler This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political … OL16672432W
Toward the meeting of the waters Toward the meeting of the waters Orville Vernon Burton,Winfred B. Moore This book takes a provocative look into civil rights progress in the Palmetto State from activists, statesmen, and historians. Toward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil … OL16801428W
Martin Luther King, Jr., on leadership Martin Luther King, Jr., on leadership Donald T. Phillips While the American Civil War formally ended slavery, it did not end segregation or racial discrimination. It took nearly 15 years of activism, led by the nonviolent movement organized by Dr. Martin L… OL1807679W
Lay bare the heart Lay bare the heart James Farmer The soul survivor of the Big Four, and founder of CORE, James Farmer writes to set the record straight regarding the evolution of the civil rights movement and to document the conditions under which … OL1891200W
Civil rights music Civil rights music Reiland Rabaka While there have been a number of studies that have explored African American "movement culture" and African American "movement politics," rarely has the mixture of black music and black politics or,… OL19663813W
Pillar of Fire Pillar of Fire Taylor Branch From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement. In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that … OL2741908W
Newark Newark Kevin J. Mumford Newark’s volatile past is infamous. The city has become synonymous with the Black Power movement and urban crisis. Its history reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by tradit… OL3282067W
A promise and a way of life A promise and a way of life Becky W. Thompson "A Promise and a Way of Life weaves an account of the past half-century based on the life histories of thirty-nine people who have placed antiracist activism at the center of their lives. Through a … OL3955218W
Framing Democracy Framing Democracy John Glenn "At the close of the twentieth century, democracy appeared to have overcome the Cold War partition of the world, as countries across the globe had deposed autocratic regimes and held free elections. … OL4983082W
Black Power Movement Black Power Movement Peniel E. Joseph The Black Power Movement remains an enigma. Often misunderstood and ill-defined, this radical movement is now beginning to receive sustained and serious scholarly attention. Peniel Joseph has colle… OL8105074W